SouthSideRyan

That is not a good pick.

I think I take Calathes here assuming at least one of the guards is gone.

Man, I like OKC's draft quite a bit.

I like him a lo, I thought he wasn't supposed to go til 2nd round though.

Right, having Michael Jordan involved with the U of I program was an awful thing. I with Jeff would have kept playing, but understand him not wanting to do so. He probably wanted to keep playing but there wasn't room for him. It's a polite way of saying, "we have someone better than you but we need that back to get him, you're probably better off leaving gracefully." Every team does it, it's just funny how some sugarcoat it as it's better than getting cut. Also, you're lying to yourself or for some reason I can't figure out a Jeffrey Jordan fan b/c he wasn't very good. If I was an Illini fan, I would be pleased that the scholly might go to someone more useful than someone who's there b/c of his father. What limited action he had that I seen, he wasn't very good. Do you have me foed? No, should I? What you said was completely different than that phony statement was that made to the press yesterday about wanting to concentrate solely on academics. I'm sure they told him what you said as far as needing that scholly for another player, but what was said to the public was different. Jeff Jordan had a scholarship for 1 semester at Illinois. You'd have to think Bruce Weber is some sort of raging buffoon to give a guy a scholarship midseason and then realize 4 months later, holy [expletive] what'd I do that for, he's a walkon!!! Time to yank his scholly, embarrassing him enough that he won't walk on anymore, and to finish my dastardly plan, I'll only use 12 scholarships in the '09-'10 season.

I like Calathes, Mullens, and Young here depending on need.

Nobody [expletive] cares about these guys' families athletic history.

Baaahahahahhaa

Good pick.

A lot of weird Mullens hate in here. BJ Mullens will be a better pro than Dejuan Blair.

Hansbrough sounds like a buffoon. Dick Vitale is a buffoon.

Right, having Michael Jordan involved with the U of I program was an awful thing. I with Jeff would have kept playing, but understand him not wanting to do so. He probably wanted to keep playing but there wasn't room for him. It's a polite way of saying, "we have someone better than you but we need that back to get him, you're probably better off leaving gracefully." Every team does it, it's just funny how some sugarcoat it as it's better than getting cut. Also, you're lying to yourself or for some reason I can't figure out a Jeffrey Jordan fan b/c he wasn't very good. If I was an Illini fan, I would be pleased that the scholly might go to someone more useful than someone who's there b/c of his father. What limited action he had that I seen, he wasn't very good. Do you have me foed?

5 Guys. In & Out is definitely good, but the burgers aren't as big or filling as the ones from 5 Guys, plus the 5 Guys' fries are worth it by themselves. The In & Out fries are just typical fries. In N Out fries are not typical fries.

I dunno, by giving Jeff Francouer a 33M bonus at the end of the year?

What makes you think Jackson can develop even mediocre power?

It just goes against everything I was taught as a kid.

Fernando Rodney isn't that good. Neither is Zumaya

Fernando Rodney isn't that good.

That's a stupid bet. I'm sure someone said the same thing about the Diamondbacks and Marlins when they were expansion teams and being terrible. I forgot we're cursed or whatever stupid [expletive] you're basing this on

That's a stupid bet.

Considering you don't like that George Shinn is an awful person, you should probably stay away from the Bulls.

Jordan was on academic scholarship up until midway through this past season. He was given the basketball scholarship as a reward for his hard work(opening up certain things such as free training room use among other things). It was understood when the scholarship moved to basketball that after this season he would no longer be on basketball scholarship due to already committed players.

I think he was going to be anyway. Bruce loves his attitude. I thought there was a chance due to "familiarity with the motion" that he might have wound up off the bench for the first half of the year. Now there's no choice.

DJ's gotta be a dead lock for starting lineup now for his defense.

Wow. Did not see that coming at all, I thought he had a chance at starting at least early in the nonconference. ETA: Not to say this is a bad thing, this could mean Bruce let him know where he'd be on the depth chart and Jeff didn't see it as worth it. If the freshmen have passed him up, then this is good news. Maybe Jeff just got sick of the grind. He knows he has no future as a basketball player, adn doesn't need to be a college basketball player to be a BMOC. He was on an academic scholarship, so maybe he just really wants to focus on his studies.